Insider Trading : Fri 5/12/23

Notable purchases -- CEO adds to NRDS; notable sales -- 10% owner active in WW

Buyers:

• BFH 10% owner Turtle Creek bought 190,000 shares at $25.27 - $26.87 worth ~$5.0 mln.
• CODI 10% owner bought 34,796 shares at $18.74 - $18.85 worth ~$654K.
• COIN Director bought 810,000 shares at $59.92 - $63.74 worth ~$50.0 mln.
• CPE Director bought 50,000 shares at $30.24 - $31.63 worth ~$1.5 mln.
• NRDS CEO bought 30,838 shares at $8.35 - $8.39 worth ~$258K.
• PACK CEO and Executive Chairman and one (1) Director bought a total of 116,500 shares at $2.85 - $3.30 worth ~$347K.
• SNEX Head-Retail & Foreign Exchange bought 3,000 shares at ~$84.1766 worth ~$253K.
• TFIN Director bought 9,995 shares at $47.64 - $48.80 worth ~$479K.

Sellers:

• AGNC Director, Executive Chair sold 500,000 shares at $9.25 - $9.35 worth ~$4.7 mln.
• APO 10% owner sold 572,051 shares at $62.50 - $64.70 worth ~$36.3 mln.
• AVT Director sold 72,851 shares at $41.65 - $41.93 worth ~$3.0 mln.
• CORT Chief Business Officer sold 44,000 shares at $23.81 - $24.16 worth ~$1.1 mln.
• EME EVP - Shared Services sold 13,462 shares at $165.00 - $167.73 worth ~$2.2 mln.
• JPM President & COO, CEO CIB sold 113,640 shares at ~$135.9274 worth ~$15.4 mln.
• LII EVP & Chief Financial Officer sold 2,808 shares at $282.14 - $282.49 worth ~$792K.
• NVEC President and CEO sold 20,000 shares at $87.17 worth ~$1.7 mln.
• OLED Director sold 15,000 shares at $136.61 - $137.24 worth ~$2.1 mln.
• ORLY EV Chairman of the Board sold 1,000 shares at ~$950.4487 worth ~$950K.
• POOL General Counsel/Secretary sold 2,333 shares at $352.00 worth ~$821K.
• SOFI Chief Technology Officer sold 200,000 shares at $5.46 - $5.475 worth ~$1.1 mln.
• UFPT Chief Financial Officer sold 7,354 shares at $142.00 - $142.50 worth ~$1.0 mln.
• WW 10% owner sold 14,818,300 shares at ~$7.15 worth ~$105.95 mln.

-=Universal Display (OLED) reported earnings on Thur 20 Feb 20 (a/h)

Universal Display Cracks On Fourth-Quarter Miss, Coronavirus Warning
OLED display specialist Universal Display (OLED) late Thursday badly missed Wall Street's targets for the fourth quarter. It also warned that business interruptions from the coronavirus outbreak in China would crimp its sales. The Universal Display earnings news sent OLED stock sharply lower in extended trading.

The Ewing, N.J.-based company earned 56 cents a share on sales of $101.7 million in the December quarter. Analysts had forecast Universal Display earnings of 74 cents a share on sales of $103 million. In the year-earlier period, Universal Display earnings were 40 cents a share on sales of $70.1 million.

Universal Display guided to 2020 revenue of $430 million to $470 million. The midpoint of $450 million is below Wall Street's consensus estimate of $496 million. It posted 2019 sales of $405.2 million.

Universal Display makes technologies and materials used in OLED displays for smartphones, televisions and other devices. OLED is short for organic light-emitting diode. It also produces OLED lighting products.

OLED Stock Down In Late Trading
Universal Display stock tumbled 5.6% in after-hours trading on the stock market today. During the regular session ahead of the Universal Display earnings, OLED stock slipped a fraction to 178.77.

Universal Display stock hit an all-time high of 230.32 on Sept. 6. But over the next four weeks, it fell 31% before beginning to recover.

On Dec. 26, OLED stock broke out of a cup-with-handle base at a buy point of 208.11. During the next two weeks it climbed to a recent high of 222.20 on Jan. 9. It then trended sideways before it tumbled on concerns the China coronavirus outbreak would impact its business. That fall triggered the loss-cutting sell rule, under IBD trading principles.

In a Jan. 27 report, Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Mehdi Hosseini said the coronavirus epidemic could impact Universal Display's ability to ship materials into China's Wuhan, a major manufacturing hub. Wuhan is ground zero for the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak.

OLED stock was under pressure ahead of the Universal Display earnings report. OLED stock has a middling IBD Relative Strength Rating of 52. The Relative Strength Rating measures a stock's 12-month performance on a 1-99 scale against all other stocks.

China Represents About 15% Of Universal Display Sales
Two of the leading Chinese OLED display manufacturers — CSOT and Tianma — have most of their OLED manufacturing facilities in the Wuhan area, Hosseini says. Universal Display is a key supplier of emitter material used in displays built by those companies, he says.

"We estimate about one-third of China's total OLED manufacturing capacity is located in Hubei province, including its capital city, Wuhan," Hosseini said.

China accounts for about 15% of Universal Display's total revenue, Hosseini says.

Universal Display Earnings Report Brings Dividend Hike
Also Thursday, Universal Display announced that it is raising its quarterly cash dividend by 50% to 15 cents a share. Its prior quarterly dividend was 10 cents a share.

The dividend is payable on March 31 to shareholders of record on March 17.

Earnings this week : Feb 17 - 21, 20 (wk 8)

Monday (Feb 17)

• Holiday: Presidents' Day (US stock, bond, and options markets and the Federal Reserve Bank will be closed on Monday, February 17, 2020. Futures markets will close at 1pm ET.

Tuesday (Feb 18)

• Morning: AAP AEIS ALLE ATH BLMN CEVA CHH CEQP ECL EXPD FLR FELE GSX INMD JELD LDOS MDT SFL SITE TSEM TRU USAC VG VMC WAB WMT WLK
• Afternoon: A AMED ACC TXG ACC AWK ATRC BKD CHE CXO DVN FANG WIRE ENPH EVBG EXR GRPN HCKT HVT HQY HSTM HLF IOSP INVH KAR KRG KNL LZB LC DOOR NP NTR PLMR QTS ROIC RPAI SGMS SCPL SSTI SOI SHO TX TIVO TRTX TPH WRSK WNO

Wednesday (Feb 19)

• Morning: ADI ATHM BHC BCOR APRN FUN DISH ELAN ENBL ETR FVRR FDP GRMN GEL THRM GPC GLDD HEP IART NHI DNOW OC STNG SSW SAH SMP VPG WING
• Afternoon: AGI ALB Y ALSN CRMT AROC CAR AXTI SAM BCOV CAKE XEC CDE CYH CONE ESRT EIG ET FARO FIVN LOPE GDOT HCR HNI HST H IAG ICLR IMAX INOV IVR NVTA JACK JBT KALU KBR KL LSI MX MANT MASI MOS MSA LASR NE NDSN OIS OGS OSUR OR OVV PAAS PE PRDO PXD QTWO O RETA RBBN RPT SNBR SM SED SPTN STMP SUI SUN SNPS TVTY TSLX TRN UCTT UFPI VMI HCC WMB ZG

Thursday (Feb 20)

• Morning: AAN AKS AEP ARD AAWW BRC CAMT CBZ CLF COMM CSTM COT DNR DPZ EPAM FOCS GIL HEES HSIC HFC HRL HPP IDA ITGR I IDCC LAMR LXP LKQ MD MFA NEM NCLH OPI PCRX PQG RCM RS RGEN SHLX SIX SO STFC SCL STOR SYNH TFX TNC TEN TXMD VTR VIAC VC WIX
• Afternoon: ADSW LNT COLD APPN ATR BAND BJRI BYD BVN BLDR COG CAI CATM CASA CWST CENX ED CNDT CORT CVA CUBE DRH BOOM DBX DCO EHTH EBS ENV EVRG FSLY FSLR FND GLPI GMED HTGC HBM LTHM MMI NBR NCMI NGHC NUVA OEC PEB PPC PRAH PRA PBYI RMAX RWT ROG SBAC SWM SEM SFM SSRM TXRH TMST TRUE OLED VAL VICI WK ZIXI ZS

Friday (Feb 21) 

• Morning: BCPC B CNK CFX DE ERF HSC HMSY ITT MGA PNW RY TECK WPC

Notable earnings reports:
Walmart (WMT), Agilent (NYSE:A), Herbalife (NYSE:HLF), Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) and Scientific Games (NASDAQ:SGMS) on February 18; IMAX (NYSE:IMAX), Blue Apron (NYSE:APRN), Wingstop (NASDAQ:WING), Albermarle (NYSE:ALB), Hyatt Hotels (NYSE:H), Sunoco (NYSE:SUN), Dish Network (NASDAQ:DISH) and Zillow (NASDAQ:ZG) on February 19; Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE:NCLH), (NASDAQ:VIAC), Domino's Pizza (NYSE:DPZ), Universal Display (NASDAQ:OLED) and Dropbox (NASDAQ:DBX) on February 20; Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX), Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) and Deere (NYSE:DE) on February 21.

=Universal Display (OLED) reported earnings on Wed 30 Oct 19 (a/h)

Universal Display beats by $0.17, beats on revs; raises FY19 revs above consensus

Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.78 per share, $0.17 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.61; revenues rose 25.6% year/year to $97.5 mln vs the $85.88 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues upside guidance for FY19, raises FY19 revs to $400-410 mln from $370-390 mln vs. $383.28 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus. 

"We believe that the proliferation of OLEDs across the consumer electronics spectrum is fueling a tremendous multi-year capex cycle. As panel makers continue to shift more of their focus to OLEDs as the future of displays, we are seeing a corresponding increase in OLED investment momentum. Based on our current forecasts and industry data, we believe market growth will continue and estimate that the installed capacity base of OLEDs at the end of 2021, as measured in square meters, will increase by approximately 50% over the installed capacity base at the end of 2019."

Universal Display (OLED) reported earnings on Thur 2 May 2019 (a/h)

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Universal Display beats by $0.34, beats on revs; guides FY19 revs in-line

• Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.66 per share, $0.34 better than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.32; revenues rose 101.4% year/year to $87.8 mln vs the $64.59 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.
• Co issues in-line guidance for FY19, sees FY19 revs of $325-350 mln vs. $337.98 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus
• Although the OLED industry is still at an early state where many variables can have a material impact on its growth, and the Company thus caveats its financial guidance accordingly, the Company believes that its 2019 revenue will be approximately in the range of $325 million to $350 million
• The guidance was prepared utilizing accounting standard ASC Topic 606; under the prior accounting standard ASC Topic 605, the Company estimates that its 2019 revenues would be approximately $395 million to $420 million

Earnings this week : April 29 - May 3, 2019 (wk 18)

Japan's Nikkei will be closed throughout the week (six sessions) for Golden Week, which will be highlighted by the start of an imperial transition.

Monday (April 29)

• Afternoon: AKS APTS ARE BRKS BRX CACC CGNX CHE CHGG CLR CNI CNO CR ELVT EPR EQC ETH GHL GOOG HLIT HTLF INST JBT JJSF KAI LEG LNTH LOGI MEDP MGM MKSI MOH MUSA NBIX NXPI OGS OII OMF PCH PI RGA RIG SANM SBAC SSB SSD SXI TBI THC TNET TRTX TXRH VRNS WDC WRI WWD YUMC

Tuesday (April 30)

• Morning: AMRC AOS APRN ARCC ARNC AROC BHGE LSE:BP. CCEP CDK CEQP CHTR CMI CNX CNXM COP CRI CRTO CVLT DBD EAT ECA ECL EEFT EIGI EME EQM ETM ETN EXLS FDC FDP FIS FLWS GDI GE GEO GLDD GLT GLW GM GWR HCA HMST HUBB HUN I INCY IPGP IPHS IR KKR LDOS LH LL LLY LOVE LPT MA MCD MCRN MDSO MGP MLM MRK NEO NLSN NYCB OSK PCAR PFE PSX PSXP R RFP SABR SC SCL SF SHOP SMP SPG STX TECH THRM TNC TRS TRTN TTS VIVO WCG WDR WELL WH WRK ZBRA
• Tuesday: AAPL ACGL ACHC ADSW AKAM AMD AMED AMGN APAM ARLO ASH ATR AX BFAM BLKB BVN BXP CAI CAMP CB CBL CENX CHRW CMP COHR CRY CWST CXO CYH DENN DVN EIX ENLC ENPH EQR EXAS EXR FEYE FICO FISV FLEX FOE FTR GNW GRPN HCSG HUBG HURN HVT HY IPHI JKHY KBR LDL LKSD LSCC MC MDC MDLZ MDU MGRC MRCY MSTR MX MXIM NANO NATI NBR NEXA NUS OFC OKE OLN OSIS PAYC QTS QUAD REXR ROG RPAI RRD RRR SOI SSNC STAG SYX TCO TDOC TENB TEX TNDM TWLO UDR UNM USNA VNOM VRSK VRTX WES WIRE WNC ZEN

Wednesday (May 1)

• Morning: AAWW ADP AER ALNY AMCX AME AMRN ASC BDC BKI BMCH BTU CCJ CDW CG CIM CLH CLX CME CSTE CVS DIN DOC EAF EL ENBL EPD ESI ETR EXTR FTS GCI GIB GRMN HEP HLT HRS HUM IDXX IIVI IQV JCI KFRC LFUS LIVN LLL LXRX MGPI MMP MTOR NI NNN NRZ NSIT NVMI ORBC PBF PBFX PBI PNW RCL RDN RDWR SAIA SBH SEE SFS SITE SLCA SMG SO SPR SR ST STRA SXT TAP TKR TMHC TPB TRVG UFS UTHR WD WLTW WYND YUM

• Afternoon: ACAD AEGN AEL AFG AGI ALL AM ANSS APA AR AUY AWK AYX BLDP BNFT BWXT CACI CAKE CAR CASA CCRN CDAY CDE CF CHEF CLI CMPR CONE CPS CREE CRUS CSGS CZR DLB DOOR DXCM EB EQIX ES ESV EVTC EXEL EZPW FARO FIT FIVN FORM FOXF GIL H HABT HCC HCP HGV HI HIG HOLX HR HST ICLR INN INOV KAMN KW LMAT LNC LPI LSI MAA MANT MED MET MFC MITK MRO MTDR MXL MYRG NE NGVT NLY NPO NUVA O OI OTEX PDCE PDFS PDM PE PGRE PPC PRAH PRU PS PSA QCOM QLYS RGLD RPT RYI RYN SIGI SM SQ SRI SSW STAY SU SWM THG TRMB TTEK TTMI TUSK TYL VICI VNDA VVV WHD WK WLL WMB WPX WTI XPO ZNGA

Thursday (May 2)

• Morning: AAON ABC ABMD ACCO ACOR AGCO AGIO ALE APO APTV ARES ARW AVA AVP AYR BCE BERY BID BLL BSIG CBM CCOI CHD CI COT CRAI DAN DISC.A DLPH DNKN DNOW DWDP EEX EXC FLR FLOW FMS FSS GEL GNRC GPN HBI HFC HII HPP HRI IBP ICE IDA IDCC INGR IRWD ITGR JHG K KEX KIM LAMR MAC MD MGLN MNTA MPW MSCI MSGN MTRN MUR NEWM NRG NTCT NTLA NVCR OGE ONDK PCRX PEG PENN PGTI PH PPL PRFT PWR RDS.A RLGY SAGE SFM SNDR SPAR SPGI SRC SSYS STAR STFC STNG STOR TEVA TFX THS TOWR TPX TX UAA UNT USPH VMC W WCC WEX WLH WLK WLKP WP XHR XYL YETI ZEUS ZTS
• Afternoon: ACA ACIA AIV ALEX AMH AMKR AMN ANET ANIK AOSL APPF APPN ARCB ATGE ATUS ATVI BAND BGS BKH BL BLDR BRKR BZH CARB CATM CBLK CBPX CBS CC CCS CNXN CPSI CPT CRC CSLT CTSH CUB CYRX DATA DEI EBS ECOL ED EOG EPAY ERI ERII EXPE FLS FND FNKO FRT FSLR FTAI FTNT G GDDY GILD GMED GPOR GSHD HAYN HLF HTGC ICFI KLIC KWR LGND LNT LOCO LPLA LPSN LYV MATW MDRX MELI MERC MNST MPWR MRC MSI MTX MTZ NFG NP NPTN NSA OEC OLED PBA PCTY PLNT PMT PODD POST PTCT PVG RBBN REG RMAX RMD RPD SEM SHAK SHLX SIMO SPXC SRCL SWKS TDC TDS TMST TRUP TS TSE TSLX TTOO UCTT UIS UPLD USM USX VIAV VRAY WAIR WSC WTR WTS WW WYNN X XOG ZIXI

Friday (May 3)

• Morning: AMT ASIX AXL BCPC BIP CBOE D DISH ESNT FCAU GLOG HMSY IMGN ITT KOP NBL NJR NWL OPI ROCK RUTH SGMS TRP TWI VIRT WPC XRAY

Universal Display (OLED) reported earnings on Thur 1 Nov 2018 (a/h)

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Universal Display misses by $0.18, misses on revs; guides FY18 revs below consensus; magnitude of 2H18 pick-up in material sales not shaping up as expected 

Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.48 per share, $0.18 worse than the S&P Capital IQ Consensus of $0.66; revenues rose 25.7% year/year to $77.55 mln vs the $92.21 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

Co issues downside guidance  for FY18, sees FY18 revs of $240-250 mln vs. $304.62 mln S&P Capital IQ Consensus.

During the quarter, co saw a pick-up in the smartphone market, driven by a number of new OLED display launches, including mobile products from Apple, Google, Huawei, LG, Samsung and others. However, the "magnitude of the second-half pick-up in our material sales is not shaping up to the degree that we had earlier forecasted."

Universal Display (OLED) reported earnings on Thur 9 Aug 2018 (a/h)

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Universal Display beats by $0.06, beats on revs; reaffirms FY18 revs guidance 

• Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $0.23 per share, $0.06 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $0.17; revenues fell 45.2% year/year to $56.15 mln vs the $49.64 mln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Coreaffirms guidancefor FY18, sees FY18 revs of $280-310 mln vs. $298.97 mln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
• Co believes that 2019 is poised to be a pivotal year for the OLED industry. With the multi-year OLED capex growth cycle of new production lines, the landscape of OLED capacity is expected to significantly widen. Co believes this will drive broader adoption of OLEDs across the consumer electronics market, and fuel substantial growth in the OLED industry. Additionally, co expects the long-awaited introduction of the world's first foldable OLED product next year to pave the cutting-edge and innovative form factor path.

Long trade : OLED +17% (9/17)